There were isolated thunderstorms near and over the Cascade Mountains. One briefly went severe when it produced nickel sized hail.
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The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
There were isolated thunderstorms near and over the Cascade Mountains. One briefly went severe when it produced nickel sized hail.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 19, 8:00 PM PST, 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
421 PM PDT FRI OCT 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0417 PM HAIL 4 WNW CINEBAR 46.61N 122.62W
10/19/2007 E0.25 INCH LEWIS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
CALLED SPOTTER FOR STORM REPORT. SAID HAIL WAS ABOUT
1/4-3/8 INCH IN DIAMETER AND COVERED THE GROUND.
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DDAMICOThe Seattle radar (KATX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:17 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained NWS spotter reported nickel size hail and occasional lightning while traveling in pierce county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, October 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 59979.